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by Coventry (Kersey Dighton) Patmore (1823 - 1896)

An appeal to cats in the business of love
 (Sung text for setting by E. Vercoe)
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Language: English 
Ye cats that at midnighte spit love at each other,
Who best feel the pangs of a passionate lover. 
I appeal to your scratches and your tattered fur,
If the business of Love be no more than to purr. 
Old Lady Gimalkin with her gooseberry eyes,
Knew something when a kitten, for why she is wise;
You find by experiences, the love-fit's soon o'er.
Puss! Puss! lasts not long, but turns to Cat-whore!

Composition:

    Set to music by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "An appeal to cats in the business of love", 1994 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Varieties of Amorous Experience, no. 2, confirmed with composer's website

Text Authorship:

  • by Coventry (Kersey Dighton) Patmore (1823 - 1896)

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